Tag Archives: Antivirus

Allegedly malicious notifications from teams through Defender ZAP

Posted on 2023-08-05 by guenni

[German]I would like to ask the administrators among the readership if anyone else is experiencing the effect mentioned here. An administrator contacted me because he has been getting reports of supposedly corrupt notifications from Teams for days. In use is … Continue reading →

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Splashtop Streamer v3.5.6.0 generates high CPU and IO load due to antivirus software

Posted on 2023-06-04 by guenni

A note for users of Splashtop Streamer software (is integrated into management tools like NinjaRMM) who wonder about high CPU and IO load on their machines. The cause could be the antivirus software in use, which wants to scan log … Continue reading →

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How to find weak passwords in Active Directory and eliminate them with PowerShell

[Sponsored Post]Weak or compromised passwords are a known gateway for attackers. If you are able to identify which users in Active Directory (AD) are threatened by this, then PowerShell can help to remedy it. However, PowerShell scripts cannot eliminate basic AD deficits, other tools are needed for this. More ...

Can antivirus software protect Windows 11 from ransomware? (Jan. 2023)

Posted on 2023-02-05 by guenni

[German]This is an exciting question that many users are certainly asking themselves: Can current antivirus software actually protect Windows 11 against current ransomware? AV-TEST GmbH wanted to find out and unleashed a series of known ransomware samples on Windows 11 … Continue reading →

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Trend Micro Apex One: Patch Critical Vulnerabilities (Sept. 2022)

Posted on 2022-09-14 by guenni

[German]Trend Micro warns of various vulnerabilities, including a remote execution vulnerability (RCE), in its security solution Trend Micro Apex One. This vulnerability in the endpoint security solution is said to be already exploited. However, Trend Micro has released an update … Continue reading →

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Sophos InterceptX/Endpoint Protection Installer bug fixes (July 31, 2022)

Posted on 2022-08-01 by guenni

[German]Quick note for administrators running Sophos InterceptX or Endpoint Protection on their Windows clients and servers. There was an installation problem there because a certificate was found to be faulty – caused trouble when reinstalling. Sophos was aware of the … Continue reading →

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Trend Micro Security Solutions: Roll Back Registry Changes After False Alert (May 2, 2022)

Posted on 2022-05-09 by guenni

[German]On May 2th/3th 2022, a false positive alert occurred from Trend Micro Apex One as well as Worry Free Business Security (security solutions), which classified the file msedge_200_percent.pak from Edge 101.0.1210.32 under Windows as malware/Trojan. The problem was fixed by … Continue reading →

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10-year-old vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG put millions of users at risk

Posted on 2022-05-05 by guenni

[German]Security researchers at Sentinel One have discovered two serious vulnerabilities in Avast and AVG's security products that have been around for 10 years and put millions of users at risk. The vulnerabilities are in Avast's anti-rootkit driver (which is also … Continue reading →

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Microsoft Defender falsely detected Office updates as ransomware activity (03/16/2022)

Posted on 2022-03-17 by guenni

[German]It looks like a classic false positive that Microsoft Defender pulled yesterday (Wednesday, March 16, 2022). If you suddenly had Microsoft Office updates quarantined as ransomware on your systems, you were affected by this case. Advertising

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German Cyber Guard BSI warns now against the use of Kaspersky antivirus products

Posted on 2022-03-15 by guenni

[German]Can antivirus products from the Russian based company Kaspersky be used in companies and government agencies without risk? After Russia's invasion of Ukraine, this question has becomehot. After hesitating for some time, the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) … Continue reading →

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McAfee Total Protection Update fixes CVE-2022-0280

Posted on 2022-03-14 by guenni

[German]McAfee has released a security alert and update for McAfee Total Protection. The update fixes the CVE-2022-0280 vulnerability, which is rated high. A vulnerability exists in the QuickClean feature of McAfee Total Protection for Windows prior to version 16.0.43 that … Continue reading →

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